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Launch of IRCT report on conversion therapy
Torture, 2020 On 23 April 2020, IRCT published its re- search on the global practice of conversion therapy. The report, entitled “It’s Torture Not Therapy,” compiles information on the “practices, practitioners and roles of states in conducting, supporting, promoting ...
Torture Journal Editorial Team
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Torture, 2018 Classical perspectives on sexualized torture are being increasingly challenged by contemporary debates informed by emerging claims (Mendez, 2016; Sáez, 2016; Sifris, 2014).
Pau Pérez-Sales, Maggie Zraly
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European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2021 Background: Victims of torture and organized violence are among the most vulnerable refugees. The nature of torture promotes shame, secrecy and silencing of the survivors, and there is a need for studies to provide a testimony to the experiences of ...
Nina Thorup Dalgaard +2 more
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Human Rights and Antiterrorism: A Positive Legal Duty to Infringe Freedom From Torture? [PDF]
, 2012 In law freedom from torture and ill-treatment is “absolute,” meaning that a state cannot infringe the right for purposes that would seem legitimate such as the protection of national security.
Turner, Ian David
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Review of International Studies, 2007 ABSTRACTI develop a framework to account for torture, which I argue should be understood with reference to international relations. I show that torture is intended as a tool to ensure the security, stability and legitimacy of elites, often transnationally, but there is often a disjuncture between its intended and actual outcomes.
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2021 Background A range of services within Australia and internationally have been developed that are focused on the engagement of individuals who are of refugee background to work as a liaison between their communities and mental health services.
Karen Wei +6 more
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Screening asylum seekers in Denmark for torture using a structured questionnaire
Torture, 2021 The United Nations Committee against Torture recommends systematic torture screening throughout the asylum process. The goal of this study is to evaluate the introduction of a structured questionnaire, coding for torture according to the definition ...
Ebbe Munk-Andersen +2 more
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Impact of asylum interviews on the mental health of traumatized asylum seekers [PDF]
European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2015 Background: Asylum interviews within the asylum procedure are associated with psychological stress for traumatized asylum seekers. This study investigates the impact of asylum interviews on the mental health in a sample of 40 traumatized asylum seekers ...
Katrin Schock +2 more
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Mental Torture: A Critique of Erasures in U.S. Law [PDF]
, 2011 Both international and federal law criminalize mental torture as well as physical torture, and both agree that “severe mental pain or suffering” defines mental torture. However, U.S. law provides a confused and convoluted definition of severe mental pain
Luban, David, Shue, Henry
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Professor Waldron Goes to Washington [PDF]
, 2012 In Torture, Terror and Trade-Offs: Philosophy for the White House Jeremy Waldron asks how moral philosophy can illuminate real life political problems.
Mendus, Sue
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